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MacLean’s Win Highlights #17 Women’s Cross Country Efforts At Connecitcut College Invite

The Middlebury women's cross country program honored its senior class on Saturday.
Audrey MacLean claimed the individual title during Saturday's Blue Race, leading the #17 Middlebury women's cross country team to an eighth-place finish during the Connecticut College Invitational. The event featured an abundance of nationally-ranked programs. Winning the team crown was top-ranked Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with 83 points, while #7 New York University was second (101 points) and #16 Williams (106 points) rounded out the top-three teams. Prior to the race, Middlebury honored seniors Maribel Carpenter, Athena Nooney, Morgane Orcutt, Bea Parr, Kate Ratcliffe and Violet Ross. 
 
COURSE INFORMATION
  • Location: New London, Conn. (Harkness Memorial State Park)
  • Host School: Connecticut College
  • Distance: 6 kilometers (6K)
  • Weather: Sunny & 60s
  • Finish In Blue Race: 8th/37
HIGHLIGHTS
  • MacLean led the field of 277 runners to the finish line, winning the title by 15.8 seconds with a victorious time of 20:44.60. That clocking lowered her personal-best collegiate mark by 3.6 seconds.
  • Parr was the next Panther to cross the finish line in 12th place (21:33.90). 
  • Shea Fajen recorded a 77th-place showing with a time of 22:41.70, while Ross was one spot back in 78th with a clocking of 22:41.90.
  • Completing the scorers for the Panthers was Caroline VanSchaick in 89th (22:51.70). 
  • Victoria Fawcett (22:53.60) and MK Cestaro (22:57.70) also earned top-100 efforts in 91st and 95th, respectively.
NOTES
  • In the Women's White 6K race, the Panthers concluded a fourth-place tie with 112 points. Stephanie Renouf led the way, finishing in 15th place with a clocking of 22:56.1. 
  • For the third-straight meet, Naomi Atwood set a personal-best time, crossing the line in 23:00.8, shaving nearly 45 seconds off her previous record.
  • Josie Dolan (23:17.9), Naomi Gomel (23:28.7), Jules Davis (23:33.1), Amelia Gray (23:40.9) and Carpenter (24:37.9) also set personal record times during the white race.
The Panthers have a week off before running for a conference title in the NESCAC Championship on November 2 at Bowdoin.
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